I've worked with a couple of them – they're basically control freaks. I worked for one too – she was a good manager actually and I liked her, but she just could NOT hand off a task without also giving you a procedural document/lecture that outlined exactly HOW you should complete a task. And then she'd get stressed and burned out and everything would fall by the wayside for a week while she had a mini breakdown.

So I think its less that being a slacker is good, and more that being Type A is bad.

It isn't the "slacker" who does better, it is the one who thinks BEFORE reacting that does better.

That has always made sense. Did they really need to do a study to "discover" that? Must have gotten a govenment grant and needed something to spend it on 😉

And really, it doesn't surprise me that those who seek out "emotional support" do worse.

Certainly, Evil, you and others have seen co-workers who get each other worked up over an issue; worked up by complaining to each other how much a situation or issue sucks. By the time they get done giving each other "emotional support" they are ready to go running down the office hallways with pitchforks and torches!